shoe, the idea of oneness certainly seems to be one possible way to see everything, but for me a bit too... reductionistic and primitive to fixate on solely. Oneness has no structure, no complexity and I see all around me the striving for higher complexity, higher order, and higher awareness. Certainly the cosmic unity must be realized and integrated into the evolving evolution but also must the diversity and the separate parts that make the whole and by their separateness create the beautiful interplay of energies flowing and manifesting this world.

There seems to be a reason we are not one amorphous conscious being - the cosmos seems to be realizing itself through holographic division, through multiplicity, through randomness and emergence IMO.

They say, anyone who thinks he has understood quantum mechanics hasn't understood quantum mechanics. I often think the same thing goes for enlightenment.

I understand the need for intentions set to a trip but as I said above the real motivation for me is never so clear cut. I sometimes write pages down of what I am going through and only after the journey realize which points were worked upon, if any. Sometimes it takes me somewhere else, sometimes it gives me what I need even though I didn't know it or intend it. sometimes it gives me nothing. sometimes it takes. It's all part of working with these things.

and despite what you may think, other psychedelics seem to work well for this kind of work as well. Though I guess you being enlightened and all, already have your opinion made.

I wish you well.

Enoon